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Lottery scammer rigged more drawings than first thought, records showNews Story
The computer program that a former lottery security official used to rig drawings worth millions of dollars in Iowa and other states was more expansive than investigators first discovered, court records filed last week show. Eddie Tipton, a former employee of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) in Clive, wrote the code to allow him to predict the randomly drawn numbers of multimillion-dollar jackpots in as many as 17 states and claim the cash prizes. The code remained active and und
Feb 19, 2018, 6:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Computerized drawings are nice ...Reply
I think one of the main problems here is that you are all over the place. Try sticking to one topic, and then if you have some other different thoughts, start a different topic. You started this topic by saying computerized drawings are easier to win , and that you like computerized drawings. Check your own subject title -- Computerized drawings are nice... So when I replied to you, I was replying to your topic of computerized drawings being easier to win . If you want to talk abo
Oct 27, 2007, 3:21 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Journalist faces subpoena in lawsuit over lottery scandalNews Story
An Iowa journalist who wrote a book about the lottery insider who rigged jackpots in several states has been subpoenaed to turn over notes related to his reporting. Perry Beeman received the subpoena last week from lawyers for Larry Dawson, an Iowa jackpot winner who contends that the rigging reduced his prize by millions of dollars. Beeman co-wrote the recent book The $80 billion Gamble with former Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich. It tells the story of how now-imprisoned lottery security cont
Aug 28, 2019, 9:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

What's your Pick 3 position? Computer or Mechanical random number generators?
There are more pick 3 players on this site and I'm sure in the world because it has the best odds of winning. So of course, I feel this is very relevant to all pick 3 players like me. I just signed the Petition for True Lottery Drawings and read the Lottery news article, Are Computerized Lottery Drawings Truly Random written by Kevin Leininger that was posted back in 2004. Yeah I'm super late but I feel that since computerized drawings still exist then this topic needs to stay fresh until the
Aug 26, 2019, 5:31 pm - LottoIntuitive - Pick 3 Forum

Lottery losers could get paid after lottery scam lawsuit settles for $4.3 millionNews Story
A class-action lawsuit to benefit potentially millions of owners of losing tickets linked to the largest lottery scam in U.S. history has been settled for $4.3 million, according to a statement sent by an attorney in the case. The settlement will refund the cost of tickets purchased in nine specific drawings dates for games sold in 33 states, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., between Nov. 23, 2005 and May 23, 2013. A settlement website will be set up to assist people who s
Jul 22, 2019, 6:43 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa lottery lawsuit granted class action, affecting 7.2 million tickets in 19 statesNews Story
By Jason Clayworth A judge has granted class-action status in a lawsuit that claims people who purchased at least 7.2 million lottery tickets in 19 states were scammed by a former national lottery IT director who worked in Iowa. Eddie Tipton, the former IT director for the Multi-State Lottery Association in Urbandale, added a secret code to random number-generating computer software in 2005 that allowed him to narrow the drawing's winning odds from as great as 5 million to 1 down to 200 to
Jan 28, 2019, 10:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

Info On RNG'SReply
Mike, That's a harsh way of putting it, but essentially that's the reason. You don't go to computerized drawings because it's more random or any nonsense like that. The randomness of the drawings has nothing to do with any of these decisions. Frankly, the random arguments are the smokescreen for computerized drawings. Manufacturers of the devices try to bring the discussion into a debate over randomness. That's not the most important issue. They bring the discussion there beca
Sep 15, 2007, 8:22 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Tenn. Lottery players complaining over switch from numbered ballsNews Story
Thanks to the Tennessee Lottery's unilateral decision to abandon traditional lottery drawings using numbered balls to pick the winning numbers on television, many players have decided to stop playing. The Tennessee Lottery now has computers generate random numbers instead of the player-preferred televised drawings. Lottery officials say the new system is as secure as the old one. Many players don't like the change, though. I don't trust the computerized drawings, said Nashville reside
Aug 8, 2007, 3:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery computerized drawing machine generated identical winning numbersReply
Well, the machine in question is a MUSL machine, so that is an entirely fair question. MUSL claims that all the machines Tipton worked on were taken out of service, but that's the problem with computerized drawings who really knows what the hell they are doing behind the scenes? There is no way to witness a computerized drawing, so there is absolutely no way in this universe you or I could say with certainly that's it's all on the up and up. With computerized drawings lottery players are goi
Oct 6, 2017, 10:38 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida: 8/1 - 8/31/2010Reply
I've been against pre-tests for a long time now, but nothing has changed. People still don't realize that they are being cheated, defrauded, and robbed. I see the petition for non-computerized drawings, but where is the petition for pre-tests to be publicized or for that practice to stop altogether? I can't imagine how many people have discounted viable, working systems because the lottery houses are allowed to conduct pretests (sometimes up to FIVE pretests in one session!), and our numbers nev
Aug 10, 2010, 4:10 pm - tmead - Pick 3 Forum